ATLANTA—At first glance, your brain refuses to accept what your eyes behold, like seeing, say, Tim Tebow in a baseball uniform. There, in the middle of Turner Field, the 20-year home of the Atlanta Braves, sits a gargantuan … football field?
It’s true. At the end of this month, the Georgia State University Panthers will take the field against Tennessee State at their new home, and Atlanta fans showing up for games will have the world’s most severe case of déjà vu.
The mound where Smoltz, Glavine, and Maddux once owned the National League is gone.